Obituaries
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Hungarian war criminal Laszlo Csatary dies at 98
August 12, 2013Hungarian war criminal Laszlo Csatary has died while awaiting trial for torturing Jews and deporting thousands of them to their deaths during World War II. More ▸
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Eydie Gorme, two-time Grammy winner, dies at 84
August 11, 2013Eydie Gorme, who won Grammy Awards singing solo and with her husband, Steve Lawrence, has died. More ▸
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Journalist Yehuda Lev, who smuggled Holocaust survivors to Palestine, dies
August 6, 2013Yehuda Lev, an iconoclastic journalist and veteran of World War II and Israel’s War of Independence who established a European underground route to smuggle Holocaust survivors to Palestine, has died. More ▸
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Yitzhak Berman, catalyst for Sabra and Shatila massacre inquiry, dies at 100
August 4, 2013Yitzhak Berman, who quit Menachem Begin’s government to protest its resistance to investigating the causes of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre, has died. More ▸
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German industrialist Berthold Beitz, who saved Jews during WWII, dies
August 1, 2013German industrialist Berthold Beitz, who rescued Jewish workers in occupied Poland by employing them during World War II, has died. More ▸
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Ossie Schechtman, scored first basket in NBA, dies at 94
July 30, 2013Ossie Schectman, who scored the first basket in the league that would become the NBA, has died. More ▸
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Helen Thomas, pioneering journalist who retired following anti-Israel gibes, dies
July 21, 2013Helen Thomas, who paved the way for female journalists in Washington and beyond and retired after saying Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine,” has died. More ▸
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Leonard Garment, close friend of Nixon and Meir, dies
July 16, 2013Leonard Garment, a close friend of President Richard Nixon and White House counsel during the Watergate scandal, has died. More ▸
